خوج

Root entry · 4 derived lemmas

This root primarily refers to a fortified castle or citadel, often used by princes and military leaders. It can also denote a region or district, and is associated with specific geographical locations and individuals from those areas.

Derived headwords

خُوجَانnoun

1.
citadel, castleclassical
A fortified castle or citadel, typically built by princes or military leaders to house their troops and control surrounding areas. It can also refer to a district or region.

خُوشَانnoun

1.
citadel, castleclassical
The pronunciation used by the people of Nishapur for 'Khawjan', referring to a fortified castle or citadel.

الخُوجَانِيَّانname

1.
al-Khawjanianclassical
A nisba (attribution) indicating someone from al-Khawjan, a place associated with the citadel or region of Khawjan. It is specifically linked to a judge who held the position in Nishapur.

خُوجَانnoun

1.
villagesclassical
Two villages located in the region of Marw. One of these villages is pronounced by its inhabitants with a geminated 'jim' (chadded j).

Parallel reading

خوجان بالضم: قصبة أستواء من نواحي نيسابور

Khawjan (with dammah) is a citadel of Istiwa' in the environs of Nishapur.

والقصبة بمعنى القلعة الحصينة التي يتخذها الأمراء لأنفسهم

And the citadel means the fortified castle that princes take for themselves.

وجنودهم الذين يحاصرون بهم البلاد

And their soldiers with whom they besiege the lands.

وتطلق على الكورة

And it is applied to a district.

وأهلها يقولون: خوشان: بالشين

And its people say: Khawshan: with a 'shin'.

أبو عمر و أحمد الفراني شيخ الحنفية بنيسابور

Abu Umar Ahmad al-Farani, the shaykh of the Hanafis in Nishapur.

القاضي أبو العلاء صاعد ابن محمد بن أحمد بن عبد الله الأستوائي، الخوجانيان

The judge Abu al-Ala Sa'id ibn Muhammad ibn Ahmad ibn Abdullah al-Istawa'i, al-Khawjanian.

الأخير ولي قضاء نيسابور

The latter assumed the judgeship of Nishapur.

ودام ذالك في أولاده

And that continued in his descendants.

وتوفي بها سنة 432

And he died there in the year 432.

خوجان أيضا قريتان بمرو

Khawjan also refers to two villages in Marw.

إلا أن إحداهما يقول فيها أهلها بتشديد الجيم أي مع فتح الخاء والواو

Except that one of them, its people pronounce it with a shadded 'jim', meaning with a fatha on the 'kha' and 'waw'.

منها أبو الحارث أسد ابن محمد بن عيسى عن ابن المقري

Among them is Abu al-Harith Asad ibn Muhammad ibn Isa, from Ibn al-Muqri.